The Gay Deceivers
1969, R, 97 min.
Directed by Bruce Kessler, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris, Michael Greer, Jack Starrett.

This little-seen gay-themed film from the Sixties stars two straight guys who play “sissy” to avoid the Vietnam draft. They move into a swishy, all-gay apartment complex in Los Angeles, and a comedy of errors ensues. This pre-Stonewall relic is full of limp-wristed stereotypes and anachronistic comedy, but its perspective on camp humor of the period knows no rival but The Boys in the Band.

This article appears in February 16 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.